News & notes

 Less than 48 hours after their men's team saw their season end in defeat, the College of St. Rose's women's basketball team was upset by Southern Connecticut State, 58-53. Now, the Golden Knights are hoping for an NCAA bid of some kind.to keep their season alive.

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Siena's men's basketball team made history on Sunday afternoon. Just not the kind they'd be proud of.

Siena fell to Quinnipiac, 71-57, on Sunday, the Saints' 25th loss of the season, a school record, and one that almost certainly will prompt administration to rescind the recent vote of confidence given to head coach Carmen Maciariello, unless the Saints can make a miracle run in the MAAC tournament, which starts March 14 in Atlantic City.

The losing has extended to Siena baseball, which, like UAlbany, is looking for its 1st win of the season after getting swept by North Carolina-Asheville, 12-5, on Sunday. Asheville outscored Siena, 35-16, in the three game series. Tyler Figueroa (Colonie) went 4-4 in Sunday's loss.

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Speaking of UAlbany, Jon Mueller's club is now 0-6 after getting swept by George Washington, 5-3. Brett Young (Albany Academy/Siena/VCU) went 1-3 with a sacrifice fly and an RBI to help the Revolutionaries (not the Colonials anymore) win their 6th straight after a 0-4 start. The Danes visit Central Connecticut State tomorrow before heading to Indiana to play Purdue (Big 10) this weekend.

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Fellow blogger Chuck Miller has a steady gig with the Albany Patroons this season. 

Chuck shared that he is operating the 24 second shot clock at Pats home games. Recovering from recent surgery, Chuck has been like a lucky charm, as the Pats are 2-0 after beating Connecticut on Saturday night. I can remember when Chuck was writing articles in the Pats' game books back in the day.......

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State regional play begins this week. Three of the six Section II men's champions already know who they'll play, and will host their first regional games.

Class AAA: Green Tech hosts Liverpool Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College. Game time approximately 3:30 pm, as the Eagles have a bye directly into the semi-finals. The winner plays for the state title at Cool Insuring Arena a week later, on March 16.

Class AA: Niskayuna will also be at HVCC, hosting West Genesee at approximately 1:45 pm. The winner advances to the finals in Glens Falls on March 15.

Class A: Unlike Nisky & Green Tech, Glens Falls will hit the road early, as they'll play Beekmantown tomorrow night at Shenendehowa, with a tip time of 7:15 pm. The winner will move on to the quarter-finals either Friday or Saturday, depending on who wins tomorrow.

Classes B-D have not completed the pairings as of press time. We should have that in the next 24 hours, during which time we'll also have the women's state regional pairings finalized.